Invalid&#39;s bed.



R. E. NEEDHAM.

INVALID'S BED. APPLICATION man lune 19,'1911. 1,270,192. PatentedJune18,1918.

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RICHARD E. NEEDHAM, OF YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO.

INVALIDS BED.

Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented June 18, 1918.

Application filed June 19, 1917. Serial N o. 175,656.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, RICHARD E. NEED- HAM a citizen of the United States, residing at Yjoungstown, in the county of Mahoning and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Invalids Beds; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it apper'tains to make and use the saine, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

lThis invention relates to new and useful improvements in invalids beds and coinprises a simple and eflicieiit device of this nature having various details of construction and combinations of parts as will be hereinafter fully described and then specifically defined in the appended claim.

My invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, which, with the letters of reference marked thereon, form a part of this application, and in which- Figure l is a side elevation showing the application of my invention, a part of the bed being broken away to better illustrate features of the invention.

Fig. 2 is a detail view of a cover.

Fig. 3 a side elevation of a plug and cover attached thereto.

Fig. 4 is a top plan view of a funnel, and c Fig. 5 is a side elevation of a funnel.

Reference now being had to the details of the drawings by letter A designates a bedstead of the usual construction and B is a mattress thereon, which at any suitable location is provided with an opening C which is tapering and fitted in a hole in the mattress. A plug T has secured to its circumference buttons D, and E is a cover for the plug provided with a series of socket members F the upper surface of the mattress when in place. A handle II is stitched or otherwise secured to the cover and affords means whereby the cover may be removed or replaced.

Directly underneath the opening in the mattress, is a funnel O supported in any suitable manner as by a tripod R, and T is a chamber positioned t0 receive the lower end of the funnel.

In operation, Vwhen it is desired to use the apparatus, the cover and plug may be removed, and the funnel raised through the opening in the mattress, and again lowered when not in use. The plug, when in place fits snugly the opening in the mattress, and the cover which is padded is flush with the upper surface of the latter, thus making a smooth surface without any inconvenience to a person lying on the mattress.

What I claim to be new is,-

An invalids bed, a mattress therefor and having an opening the wall of which flares upwardly, a plug, the circumference of which tapers to conform to the flaring wall in the mattress, a portion of the circumference of the plug having an annular recess, buttons secured in said recess, a cover fitted over the upper portion of the plug and having a series of sockets adapted to engage said buttons, the outer faces of the buttons bein flush with the tapering circumference of t e plug, and a handle secured to the outer end of the plug.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

RICHARD E. NEEDHAM.

Witnesses:

FRANK B. KEAnNnY, Miss A. FARRELL.

Copies ot this patent may be obtained for ve cents eaoh, by addressing the "Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C. 

